Dogfish Head Palo Santo Marron

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: American Strong Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

A nice dark heavy beer. Pours like syrup, and has just about as much head too.... It is nice although the wood notes come across too powefully for me. It has a complex flavor with caramel, vanilla, some fruity spice notes and almost a touch of leather. A nice drinking beer but after two your taste buds are toast...

One of the most interesting beers that I’ve drank. Pours blacks....it’s impossible to see through this beer. Not much head.....maybe its the alcohol content. Aromas are very malty...caramel malts swirl from the glass with aromas of toffee and vanilla, which are probably from the wood. There is a certain sweetness that I can’t put my finger on.....maybe its the Palo Santo. Upon tasting, lots of roasted malts cover the tongue with hints of molasses and spice. There’s a definite burn from the the alcohol...this one is kinda hot. Not for the beginning beer drinker......

Appearance: Thick black tar. Half-finger of light brown head. Not much else to say but it’s intimidating. Pours like latex paint. The first whiff is of a roasted porter. Heavy burst of alcohol singes the nostrils. The oak so heavily advertisted on the label is actually nicely subdued. Any vanilla in the nose is strictly theoretical. The taste is a heavy blast of alcohol, with some serious oak. This all overshadows the second wave of the burnt porter malt in the aftertaste. As it warms, the caramel and vanilla come out like a nice iced coffee. Toward the end, some raisin and dark tobacco. The feel thick and chewy -- and outstanding. It’s a burn at first, and then a cooldown. I’ll tell ya, this is one challenging beer. Really strong and ruthlessly thick, but extremely balanced: brutally burnt and yet smoothly sweet.

Rich, sweet malts, but it still tastes like a malt beverage of some kind. Interesting edge of fruit. Too highly carbonated. Like an Impy Brown or something. Bottle.

Relatively weak aroma of molasses and toffee. Darker than expected black color, with a thin tan head, good lacing. Full body, molasses and chocolate syrup flavor. Bitter chocolate and wood hangs around far too long. Wow, this is just too heavy. Maybe this should be a winter seasonal. I certainly didn’t enjoy it during the dog days of summer.

botlle shared by morten, thanks! dark black, no head. aroma is boozy, wood, raisins, well balanced. fruity. flavor is licorice, malts, roasted stuff. delicious beer.

black with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma with licorice and a hint of apples. Sweet molasses and roast malt flavour with a herbal note and a little alcohol.

Botella, huge thanks to Morten for sharing this one! Pitch black colour. Very sweet, woody, very dark fruity, alco, roasty malty, chocolate, very pleasant aroma indeed. Great filling quite sticky mouthfeel. The flavour is very sweet with wood and bourbon, roastedmalt, alcohol, lots of dark fruits, spice, sirup and with a pleasant bitter sweet roasty long lasting finish.